E4 has announced two new comedy commissions entitled Tripped and Aliens.
In Tripped, The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison plays Danny, an average 24-year-old who has been friends with stoner Milo (played by newcomer George Webster) since they were kids. But then Danny decides it’s time to grow up, settle down and marry long-term girlfriend Kate (played by RTS nominee Georgina Campbell), whereas Milo continues to focus on getting high.
Ben Miller and Hugh Dennis are to star in Ballot Monkeys, a new topical C4 comedy being written to tie in with the General Election.
The writers are Drop The Dead Donkey and Outnumbered creators Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin.
The satirical sitcom will be broadcast during the climax of the May election and will intercut between the various campaign buses of the four main parties – Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP.
On Friday 24 April Dave Cohen will be appearing at the Purcell Rooms in Immigrant Diaries, part of the Changing Britain Festival. In this guest blog he breaks free from the tyranny of silence to discuss this never-aired topic.
A lot has been said recently in comedy circles about Chortle’s announcement that it promises to review any Edinburgh Fringe show that spends at least £250 on advertising. This happened to coincide with people asking me how I go about choosing what shows to review during the Festival.
Alan Davies As Yet Untitled is set to return to TV channel Dave for a third series.
Comedy website The British Comedy Guide has reported that the series, in which Davies chats to guests and then comes up with a title for the show at the end of the recording based on their stories, will be filmed at the Hospital Club in London.
Guests have not been announced for the new series but previous guests have included Ross Noble, Jon Ronson, Katherine Ryan, Sara Pascoe, Noel Fielding and Rob Delaney.
Full-length comedy shows used to be the showbiz equivalent of the May fly. They did their runs in Edinburgh, London and then on tour, and then they were gone forever. The comedians moved on to their next project.
The co-star of this week’s Inside No. 9, Tom Riley, recently tweeted that it was “maybe the greatest half hour of TV I’ve ever been lucky enough to be in”. Actors are not unfamiliar with the art of hyperbole, so perhaps we should take that with a wheelbarrow full of salt. On the other hand I think he might just be right.
At the start of March I wrote this feature below about the history of South London’s comedy clubs for the website Deserter. When I was putting a draft together I deliberated about whether to include Battersea Arts Centre in it. I’ve seen some fantastic gigs there. Daniel Kitson of course, Al Murray, Will Adamsdale, Stewart Lee in his wilderness years.
Janey Godley has been nominated for four awards in the second Scottish Comedy Awards nominations, announced today. The Glaswegian comedian is up for Best Headliner, Best Compere, Best Podcast (with her daughter Ashley Storrie) and Best Festival/Tour Show.
Update 8/6/15: A date has now been confirmed for the London Premiere of Rik Mayall's final unreleased film, One By One.
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